• Autism-friendly means being aware of social engagement and environmental factors affecting people on the autism spectrum, with modifications to communication...
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    spectrum. Awareness day Autism-friendly Autism rights movement Autism Sunday Autistic Pride Day Societal and cultural aspects of autism United Nations' International...
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  • Autism Speaks Inc. is an American non-profit autism awareness organization and the largest autism research organization in the United States. It sponsors...
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  • The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) is a questionnaire published in 2001 by Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge...
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    Autism, formally called autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by deficits in reciprocal...
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    aspects of autism or sociology of autism come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects...
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  • High-functioning autism (HFA) was historically an autism classification where a person exhibits no intellectual disability, but may experience difficulty...
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    Autism Network International (ANI) is an advocacy organization run by and for autistic people. ANI's principles involve the anti-cure perspective, the...
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    of autism, including environmental and genetic factors, have been recognized or proposed, but understanding of the theory of causation of autism is incomplete...
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    some businesses offer sensory friendly hours for shopping, eating or attending community events. For adults with autism, modification of the workplace...
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  • The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a standardized diagnostic test for assessing autism spectrum disorder. The protocol consists of a...
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    The autism rights movement, also known as the autistic acceptance movement, is a social movement allied with disability rights that emphasizes a neurodiversity...
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    Classic autism, also known as childhood autism, autistic disorder, (early) infantile autism, infantile psychosis, Kanner's autism, Kanner's syndrome,...
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    The heritability of autism is the proportion of differences in expression of autism that can be explained by genetic variation; if the heritability of...
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  • The history of autism spans over a century; autism has been subject to varying treatments, being pathologized or being viewed as a beneficial part of...
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  • of autism is the study of the incidence and distribution of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). A 2022 systematic review of global prevalence of autism spectrum...
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    Autism therapies include a wide variety of therapies that help people with autism, or their families. Such methods of therapy seek to aid autistic people...
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    hospital. In October 2013, the stadium hosted the United Kingdom's first 'autism friendly' football match. A group of around 50 attended the Racecourse to watch...
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  • Autistic burnout (category Autism)
    arising from masking or living in a neurotypical environment that is not autism-friendly (does not accommodate autistic people's needs). While not formally...
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  • Autism Friendly Performances (originally known as the Autism Theatre Initiative), to make theatre accessible to children and adults on the autism spectrum...
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    Diagnoses of autism have become more frequent since the 1980s, which has led to various controversies about both the cause of autism and the nature of...
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  • The diagnosis of autism is based on a person's reported and directly observed behavior. There are no known biomarkers for autism spectrum conditions that...
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  • The Accountant (2016 film) (category Films about autism)
    The storyline follows Christian Wolff, a certified public accountant with autism who makes his living (un-)'cooking the books' (i.e.: sanitizing the already...
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  • pathophysiology of autism is the study of the physiological processes that cause or are otherwise associated with autism spectrum disorders. Autism's symptoms result...
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    Jennifer Cook O'Toole (category Writers with autism)
    languages and include the winner of the Autism Society of America's Book of the Year Award. Her memoir Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life...
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  • portraying autism as a difference as opposed to a disease. Anti-Psychiatry Autism friendly Controversies in autism Neurodiversity List of autism-related...
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  • following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to autism: Autism – neurodevelopmental disorder that affects social interaction and communication...
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  • Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) or autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) describe a range of conditions classified as neurodevelopmental disorders in the...
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    with the start of Autism Network International. Much of the correspondence that led to the formation of the movement happened over autism conferences, namely...
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    movement in the world of autism. List of autism-related topics World Autism Awareness Day "Playlist: All across the autism spectrum". New York: ted.com...
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